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SpeedDemon · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 6:32 am Post subject: bogged out

He people,

Ive got a couple more months of snow before i can bring my car back into the light, at which time i have to fix the problem it had when i put it into hibernation. I was 3/4 of the way back from a 1200 km journey from Britsh Columbia to Fort Mac. I made it to athabasca (for those of you who know the area) stoped to grab some food and use the little boys room came back out ready to go. Fired up the car and took off. Right away i noticed that it sounded different. then i hit the hill and the power was at about 30 %. Im thinkin clogged injectors, clogged fuel filter something on these lines, hoped is porbably a better discription. I only think that cause in BC they had 100 octane or something outrageous so i tryed it. maybe not a good idea. Anyways if anyone has expericed this or similar happenings feel free to let me know what you think is wrong with my baby.
Thanks guys n girls if there is any. Happy new year.
SpeedDemon
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Lizard · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 6:36 am Post subject:

the higher octane will do less harm than anything, I would first check your spark, and ign timing
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Sleykin · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:02 am Post subject:

Sounds like you may have gotten some water in the gas. Get some gasline drier and dump it in and hope your lines didn't freeze and pop.
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Nice to know there is a 924 way up in Fort Mac...

I would tend to agree with the post that suggested checking the timing. "Bogging Down" occured in my car when I played with the timing and didn't have enough of an advance. Is there any chance the nuts securing the distributor bracket shook loose during your road trip? This could cause the distributor to move and adversely affect your timing. Could be an easy fix, just grab your timing light, twist your distributor to reset the timing and fasten it back down. If it's not that, check your plug wires didn't shake lose or overheat where they come close to the exhaust manifold (maybe you're running on 3 cylinders). Check the simple little things first, you might get lucky.
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Eturbo924 · Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 2212 Location: Londonderry NH

Well my car used to do that exact same thing when the alternator belt was begining to slip.

Reach down (engine off) and push reasonably hard on the alternator pulley. If you can spin it even a little with out the belt moving along with it. Then you need to tighten the belt. Some times a larger thickness belt or slightly smaller diameter belt is in order. I know I did this once to cure the problem with out putting to much stress on the alternator or water pump bearings.

Anyway hope that helps.

Eric
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SpeedDemon · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 4:24 am Post subject:

Thanks guys for all the info, I will be sure to check all those things out in the spring. I hope it is something easy to fix. I will post back when i find out what it is. on another note i saw a really nice 944 i believe in the future shop in NW calgary I think it was northland mall. anyways it was nice. thanks guys later
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Smoothie · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:38 am Post subject: Re: bogged out

Lizard · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 6:55 am Post subject:

hey smoothie I dont think the car would run after that, and would melt shortly so shyadup eh

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SpeedDemon · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:46 am Post subject:

not to mention it was like 30 degrees out

, thats celsius of course so what is that like 80 or something.

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Lizard · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:05 am Post subject:

Hey speeddemon didnt you know americans think that as soon as we hit the border it is a wall of snow and that they drive through a tunnel to get to the top, oh yah we have no running water or plumbing as it would freeze, and we also dont have electricity (but we can access the net and post replies, they havent figured out how that works yet) but now you have let it out of the bag, curse you

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Paul · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:27 am Post subject:

Lizard you left out: 90 percent of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border!

numbbers · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:32 am Post subject:

Hey Lizard, while we were on the Caribean cruise, we shared a table with a couple from the Calgary area every night. We really liked them and plan to stay in touch. So, when I got home to five inches of snow, I checked there weather, and it was -31F in Calgary.
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Lizard · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:45 am Post subject:

yah I am not denying that it can get cold (-50deg celc) but I was being more sarcastic than anything, and I have actually talked to yanks who believed what I stated above
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wenchpuller · Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Posts: 50 Location: Vancouver Island

My last visit to Fort Mac, I encountered the Mounties and city limits unexpectedly. Cost me $140.00 for the ticket. It was the end of May and there was still snow in the ditches.

SpeedDemon · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:17 am Post subject:

Yeah that sounds about right. its only about -15 right now. im off to calgary in an hour so there better be nicer weather there.
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